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Nintendo's 3DS exclusive was launched in Japan in November 2012, and it had reached Korea, Europe, North America and Australia by June 2013. And its popularity has endured: New Leaf had sold 6.35 million units as of October last year, so it has sold just over a million in the six months since then.

The new figures were revealed in a session at the San Francisco Game Developers Conference, in which producer Katsuya Eguchi and director Aya Kyogoku attributed the game's success to the diversity in its development team.

"When I was starting in the game industry, it wasn't uncommon to be the only woman on the entire team," Kyogoku said, as reported by Polygon. "I always felt welcome and I never felt awkward. In my years at Nintendo, I have come to discover that when there are women in a variety of roles on the project, you get a wider [range] of ideas.

"So when you are trying to create something that will appeal to many types of people, I have experienced how beneficial it is to have diversity on your team."